COVER-UP

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Concealment that attempts to prevent something scandalous from becoming public

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("cover-up" is a kind of...):

concealing; concealment; hiding (the activity of keeping something secret)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cover-up"):

blue wall; blue wall of silence; wall of silence (the secrecy of police officers who lie or look the other way to protect other police officers)

Derivation:

cover up (hide from view or knowledge)